My friend and I have been sharing top ten lists lately. It started with a discussion about how crappy movies have been lately. Which led to him saying we should come up with our top 3 favorite movies of the decade, to which I said we should just come up with a top ten. This is my list and my reasons afterward:
1. No Country for Old Men (2007)
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
3. The Departed (2006)
4. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
5. There Will Be Blood (2007)
6. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
7. High Fidelity (2000)
8. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
9. Almost Famous (2000)
10. Big Fish (2003)
Honorable Mentions:
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 (2003-2004); Zoolander (2001); Pride and Prejudice (2005); The Dark Knight (2008)
1. I don't really have an explanation for this one. I just thought it was a terrific adaptation of a so-so book. Great directing; a masterpiece of the Coen Bros.
2. So creative! And Jim Carrey did a phenomenal job! I had no idea he could do serious so well! And I just loved the complexity of the love story.
3. This was the first, and only, movie so far that made me spontaneously swear out loud. The final twenty minutes just had me blown away in shock. So dang good. (Yes, it totally copied a Chinese movie, but who cares, this movie and the acting was great.)
4. Just an interesting vignette-esque movie about a family who has to be reunited because of their sick father. Great cast, beautifully made, and the soundtrack was so cool. This movie makes me love Wes Anderson.
5. "I drink your MILKSHAKE!!!" Hahah, this is a very dark movie and the soundtrack was done by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead. I just really love this movie!
6. Russel Crowe is one of my favorite actors and this was a very well made remake. I don't usually really like westerns, but I thought this one was great.
7. The reasons why I love this movie are as followed: 1) John Cusack is my all time favorite actor (still alive) 2) I love records 3) I love top ten lists. ....and Jack Black is funny in it
8. Enjoyably quirky movie. (and I really like Paul Dano, I wish he was in more things)
9. Out of all these movies, this has been the most influential to me. I saw it when it first came out before I was really into music, and after watching it I got a lot of the music mentioned in it, which I still love today.
10. Okay, okay. Overall, probably not the greatest movie, but the ending always tears me up! I think that counts for something. It obviously affects me. And it has a good cast.
Share your list! I love hearing others.
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